bind data to process

[kgoedert]

Hi,

I was reading the book jboss seam power and simplicity beyond java ee, and in chapter 18 a very simple jbpm process is showed. At a certain point it is said that, a better approach would be to use entity beans instead of pojos.

How can I do that? Can I use
@Intercept(InterceptionType.NEVER)
@Scope(ScopeType.BUSINESS_PROCESS)
@Entity
@Table(name="tickets")

in the same object? Should I do that? I doesn´t seam to me that I should. Which would be the right way to bind an entity bean to a jbpm process using seam?

Thanks

[gavin.king]

Yes, you can do it if you write a jBPM Converter that knows how to persist the objects primary key to the jBPM database.

BTW, you don't need @Intercept(InterceptionType.NEVER) on an entity bean.

[kgoedert]

Other than writing a converter, is there any other way, or better approach than that? Or the converter is the way to go?

[gavin.king]

You can just keep the id of the object in the business process context.

[kgoedert]

Is there an example on this? In the documentation or among seam examples?
I´ve checked the dvd store example, that seems to be the closest to what I want, but it didn´t help much on this issue.